Now I can understand why MC ( Micheal Jackson ) needed so many drugs to go to sleep. No matter how I placed my tired body I just couldnt fall asleep on the plane. The eyes were so tired but the mind just wouldnt let go. If I had the HP of one of MJ's doctor I would have called him....ahhahah. Today is the 2nd day home and I am still feeling tired. It wasnt like this last time. Oh well, I know what you think , yes I am 43 going on 52. How can I forget? The body reminds me everyday. This part doesnt work well on monday, that part doesnt work at all on tuesday. Sometimes after walking a whole day I cant even see my ankle bones cos of water retention and limbs do go on strike ...hey! not funny. Why do you think there are so many pharmacist in mile 4 alone ? Its us,not so young people supporting them !
If I ask the traditional therapist, they will say...angin. Where did all that angin come in from? heheh...guess you all might have some idea but, seriously, why are we so windy? Its not like I have holes in my body or a vacumn pump sucking in air. Perhaps if I talk less, covered my ears with ear plugs and breathe only when necessary, less angin will come in, you think? . Everytime I go for a massage they say its the wind causing all that bodyache....I say damn the wind, go bother someone else for a change ! Go blow over Siberia and cool the ice so it wont melt. Go blow around the globe and keep the planet cooler. Go blow the UV rays away to Pluto ! Just stop bothering me.
Today I learnt from my Filipino massage lady that we shouldnt bathe at 6 pm and at 9 am. Why? Well that is the time the 'others' bathe. Dont laugh. Others meaning those we cant see. So I asked my maid whether Indonesians believe that to. Well, ....they do and for the same reason. 15 mins after 6pm or 15 mins after 9 am , ok, no worries. Just not at that time. Ripley's believe it or not. maybe we should ask the myth busters to find out eh? So you ask, what happens if you do take a bath at those 2 appointed time ?.....well your eyes pop out, your nostrils flare and fire comes out of your ears....hahahaha....of course not, dont be silly. You will feel ill or unwell and you may feel itchy. Not sure which ailments fitswhich time but thats the gist of it. Try and let me know. But you probably have to try several times if you have thick skin!! OK, gtg. Dinner time.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
A mole in Changi Airport
Hahaha,.....hello people, its sleepy me from Changi Airport Singapore. Now I am in the departure lounge waiting for my flight to KK. There is free internet everywhere in this beautiful airport except the toilet, well one day !
I tried to sleep over 3 chairs like I used to see tourists do but, let me tell you, it is impossible to sleep unless your spinal cord is wavy. Then you have no where to put your hands. One on your head and the other hanging by the thumb in the belt loop. Then there is the ceiling lights shinning into your eyes. Ok, problem solved by using the boarding pass to cover your eyes....hahah, very useful information??
Sorry for the rambling, this is what lack of sleep does to a normally rational person. Well, will tell you more when all my faculties are gathered and intact after a good rest. So chao ! hear from me when I am in sandakan.
I tried to sleep over 3 chairs like I used to see tourists do but, let me tell you, it is impossible to sleep unless your spinal cord is wavy. Then you have no where to put your hands. One on your head and the other hanging by the thumb in the belt loop. Then there is the ceiling lights shinning into your eyes. Ok, problem solved by using the boarding pass to cover your eyes....hahah, very useful information??
Sorry for the rambling, this is what lack of sleep does to a normally rational person. Well, will tell you more when all my faculties are gathered and intact after a good rest. So chao ! hear from me when I am in sandakan.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Life in the slow lane
If retirement means life like this in Brisbane.....waking up late , eat, clean, shop and rest, then I dont want to retire! I had more things to keep me busy in sandakan then I have here. Dont think I can shop everyday. Buying toilet paper was the highlight of the afternoon at Woolworth....ohhhhh.....8 rolls of kleenex brand toilet paper costs AUD$5.90.....anypne has extra banana leaves??
Edwin cleaned his son's fan this morning while I vaccumned the clumps of dust that fell onto the floor. The fan was covered in dust but my son says its ok as it still works !!
Its getting so difficult to wake up as the weather is cool and its ideal temperature for snoozing . We had to wake up because Edwin insisted on cooking bacon and eggs this morning. The bacon had been in the fridge since merdeka and the eggs , well only the chicken knows. The bread had plants growing on it...3 dimentional too!!,...it could have a new species called Jordii ( after its grower Jordan ) or maybe, just the run of the mill fungus....so, it went into the bin.
Did more window shopping at DFO and bought 4 plates as they were on offer....kiasu lah, buy just because on sale! Well actually they match the plates I have at home and at half the price of what I would have to pay in malaysia, why not?? My suitcase is slowly but surely getting full and fuller....can I say this?... , like dumb and dumber....
Well, catch up sometime later. Time for dinner soon...Korean tonite.
Edwin cleaned his son's fan this morning while I vaccumned the clumps of dust that fell onto the floor. The fan was covered in dust but my son says its ok as it still works !!
Its getting so difficult to wake up as the weather is cool and its ideal temperature for snoozing . We had to wake up because Edwin insisted on cooking bacon and eggs this morning. The bacon had been in the fridge since merdeka and the eggs , well only the chicken knows. The bread had plants growing on it...3 dimentional too!!,...it could have a new species called Jordii ( after its grower Jordan ) or maybe, just the run of the mill fungus....so, it went into the bin.
Did more window shopping at DFO and bought 4 plates as they were on offer....kiasu lah, buy just because on sale! Well actually they match the plates I have at home and at half the price of what I would have to pay in malaysia, why not?? My suitcase is slowly but surely getting full and fuller....can I say this?... , like dumb and dumber....
Well, catch up sometime later. Time for dinner soon...Korean tonite.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Maids wanted
We came all the way to Brisbane to be free maids for the boys. Guess most parents know what I mean. Yes we spent the whole morning on thursday cleaning the place. There were dead clothes all over the floor in the bedrooms.The clothes somehow died of a mysterious infection called laziness or tardiness. Like H1N1 , there is no cure for this but it can be prevented by a vaccine called ' elbow grease'. Luckily we have that. The whole morning was spent cleaning up the place....where is kakak when you need her?
In the afternoon we had to top up our depleted energy so we went to Chelmside shopping centre, the biggest one here. Had sushi and more sushi, cleaning a stamp size apartment is very tiring when you are not used to it!!. Then we went window shopping. Of course we bought a few things we dont really need. But what the heck they were on sale!! For dinner we took Kai out for vietnamese beef noodles. The bill came to AUD$60 for 5 bowls of noodles! The soya bean drink costs AUD$3 each. What a laugh, we could have drank that at mile 4 market for RM$1 !
For supper , oh yes! you must eat supper when you are on holiday....caramel cheese cake! The nite before we had apple pie. I can see the begining of a small bulge around my midrift....if you know what I mean. Well that was one day gone.
Today, friday, Morgan is free, so he drove us around....where else another shopping centre.! Had kebab again for lunch. The kebab shop was run by 2 chinese ladies speaking cantonese....hahaha. Bought some more useless things ! I think they have feng shuied the shopping centres so people will come in and buys things they dont need. Tonite Edwin is cooking for 9. We will be having steak, salad and of course dessert!!. And I am going to have some chips before dinner....what the hell, break all the rules, have fun and grow fat....this is the land of ' oink oink ' OK gtg to buy steak for dinner....and the chips.....hehehe
In the afternoon we had to top up our depleted energy so we went to Chelmside shopping centre, the biggest one here. Had sushi and more sushi, cleaning a stamp size apartment is very tiring when you are not used to it!!. Then we went window shopping. Of course we bought a few things we dont really need. But what the heck they were on sale!! For dinner we took Kai out for vietnamese beef noodles. The bill came to AUD$60 for 5 bowls of noodles! The soya bean drink costs AUD$3 each. What a laugh, we could have drank that at mile 4 market for RM$1 !
For supper , oh yes! you must eat supper when you are on holiday....caramel cheese cake! The nite before we had apple pie. I can see the begining of a small bulge around my midrift....if you know what I mean. Well that was one day gone.
Today, friday, Morgan is free, so he drove us around....where else another shopping centre.! Had kebab again for lunch. The kebab shop was run by 2 chinese ladies speaking cantonese....hahaha. Bought some more useless things ! I think they have feng shuied the shopping centres so people will come in and buys things they dont need. Tonite Edwin is cooking for 9. We will be having steak, salad and of course dessert!!. And I am going to have some chips before dinner....what the hell, break all the rules, have fun and grow fat....this is the land of ' oink oink ' OK gtg to buy steak for dinner....and the chips.....hehehe
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Hello from Brisbane
Maybe I should be saying G'day...like the aussies do. We arrived yesterday at 6.40am after a 7 hour flight from Singapore. The flight was pleasant and uneventful. Not many people coughing or sneezing ,no babies crying or kids running about so I didnt bother to use the mask. Didnt want to look like Zorro. Even in the airport at Changi no one was using a mask. Guess the H1N1 is now considered just a flu!
It was a long flight for me cos I couldnt fall asleep no matter what position I took. The man beside me was snoring away. Felt like giving him a mask to lower the snoring noise level! Watch 2 movies and so arrived in Brisbane like a zombie. Had to check out through the red lane cos I had fried onions to declare...yes!...fried onions for Jordan. It is his favourite and he says cant get small onions in Brisbane . Well apart from orang utans now you know we have small onions which Brisbane doesnt have. Do you think we should put this in the tourist brochure?
Anyway, 2 zombies arrived at Morgan's place at about 8am to be greeted by no one as both the sleeping beauties were still in bed. We were tired but going to sleep would be a big mistake so 2 zombies went out. Hey! This would make a good title for a movies...' malaysian zombies in brisbane ' ....hahah.
We expected the apartment to be untidy but didnt expect it to look like a tropical storm had just blown through the place. Could see the legs of the table but wasnt sure if it was the dinning table or stall at mile 4 market selling food ! Walked into Jordan's room ...well at least I thought it was his room , maybe it was the store room....no, it was his room. OMG.....it you are one of Jordan's friend reading this and laughing, well look around your room , I am sure I have just described your room too huh?
Well the rest of the house was just the same......so we went out shopping, the scene was not beneficial to our tired eyes....out of sight out of mind. had a nice sushi dinner in the city and went back to have our apple pie. First day and already my belly is begining to look like an aussie tummy. Must say that I feel so slim here. everyone is so plump ( actually i would say fat but so rude lah! ) Really even young girls are plump. Must be all the fast food they shaft into their mouths a mile a minute! The right word is 'obese'.....anyway, like I said, if you want to feel like a super model even if you have a waistline of 31" and above come to Australia ! ....hahaha
ok. gtg. Jordan wants to use his computer, till tomorrow.......
It was a long flight for me cos I couldnt fall asleep no matter what position I took. The man beside me was snoring away. Felt like giving him a mask to lower the snoring noise level! Watch 2 movies and so arrived in Brisbane like a zombie. Had to check out through the red lane cos I had fried onions to declare...yes!...fried onions for Jordan. It is his favourite and he says cant get small onions in Brisbane . Well apart from orang utans now you know we have small onions which Brisbane doesnt have. Do you think we should put this in the tourist brochure?
Anyway, 2 zombies arrived at Morgan's place at about 8am to be greeted by no one as both the sleeping beauties were still in bed. We were tired but going to sleep would be a big mistake so 2 zombies went out. Hey! This would make a good title for a movies...' malaysian zombies in brisbane ' ....hahah.
We expected the apartment to be untidy but didnt expect it to look like a tropical storm had just blown through the place. Could see the legs of the table but wasnt sure if it was the dinning table or stall at mile 4 market selling food ! Walked into Jordan's room ...well at least I thought it was his room , maybe it was the store room....no, it was his room. OMG.....it you are one of Jordan's friend reading this and laughing, well look around your room , I am sure I have just described your room too huh?
Well the rest of the house was just the same......so we went out shopping, the scene was not beneficial to our tired eyes....out of sight out of mind. had a nice sushi dinner in the city and went back to have our apple pie. First day and already my belly is begining to look like an aussie tummy. Must say that I feel so slim here. everyone is so plump ( actually i would say fat but so rude lah! ) Really even young girls are plump. Must be all the fast food they shaft into their mouths a mile a minute! The right word is 'obese'.....anyway, like I said, if you want to feel like a super model even if you have a waistline of 31" and above come to Australia ! ....hahaha
ok. gtg. Jordan wants to use his computer, till tomorrow.......
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
What a surprise!
Like I said in my last blog, my DC ( district chairman ) Uma, came and went. Left this morning. We did the usual visits to the Agape centre, Cheshire Home and centre for the Deaf and Dumb....and of course to all the famous eating places.
The first nite we had dinner and meeting at my home. That was a good nite of fellowship and laughter.There were hitches with XY42@$# but otherwise it went well.The next day we went on our official visits, did our rounds in record time. Again there were hitches with XY42@$# as we were 'lead' to the wrong place at the wrong time.
Our poor secretary was blamed for it, even though she was totally innocent.She was MAD, so mad, so very mad. If her head was a balloon it would have burst, her eyes crackled and her hair in flames. Though all was not forgotten, we learnt perseverence and diplomacy and had a good time at dinner of bak kut teh. Well, none of us choked on the meat balls but, if looks could kill....'murder she wrote'. Anyway the DC is of the opinion that we are matured and experienced enough to keep the club on the right track despite ' the meteorite shower '. Lord give us the strength to accept what we cannot change and the wisdom not to commit murder' .
Anyway, things went off without a hitch this morning at breakfast and then at the airport. So all in all the DC had a good time in Sandakan.
The surprise?? Well, the DC studied in the same school as me ,ie, CHIJ Melaka. She was my sister's classmate and her husband was Anne, Dr.Lau and Dr.Sylvester's classmate at MU. What a small world indeed. Someone living in Kuantan , who came from Johor went to the same school as me living in Sandakan, who came from Malacca and whose husband from West Malaysia, living in Kuantan was classmate to one living in Sandakan and two from Kuching....well if you are confused never mind...the bottom line is that we all found friendship in the least expected place at the least expected moment....that is why its such a nice surprise.
Uma will never forget her visit to Sandakan and we will never forget this particular DC.
The first nite we had dinner and meeting at my home. That was a good nite of fellowship and laughter.There were hitches with XY42@$# but otherwise it went well.The next day we went on our official visits, did our rounds in record time. Again there were hitches with XY42@$# as we were 'lead' to the wrong place at the wrong time.
Our poor secretary was blamed for it, even though she was totally innocent.She was MAD, so mad, so very mad. If her head was a balloon it would have burst, her eyes crackled and her hair in flames. Though all was not forgotten, we learnt perseverence and diplomacy and had a good time at dinner of bak kut teh. Well, none of us choked on the meat balls but, if looks could kill....'murder she wrote'. Anyway the DC is of the opinion that we are matured and experienced enough to keep the club on the right track despite ' the meteorite shower '. Lord give us the strength to accept what we cannot change and the wisdom not to commit murder' .
Anyway, things went off without a hitch this morning at breakfast and then at the airport. So all in all the DC had a good time in Sandakan.
The surprise?? Well, the DC studied in the same school as me ,ie, CHIJ Melaka. She was my sister's classmate and her husband was Anne, Dr.Lau and Dr.Sylvester's classmate at MU. What a small world indeed. Someone living in Kuantan , who came from Johor went to the same school as me living in Sandakan, who came from Malacca and whose husband from West Malaysia, living in Kuantan was classmate to one living in Sandakan and two from Kuching....well if you are confused never mind...the bottom line is that we all found friendship in the least expected place at the least expected moment....that is why its such a nice surprise.
Uma will never forget her visit to Sandakan and we will never forget this particular DC.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Waiting for midnite
No, I am not waiting for a secret friend to pop up at midnite,...well maybe I am....for AIRASIA....hahaha. I want to try my luck ! Havent decided where to go yet but what the heck! I cant sleep cos of the mocha ice cream so ...Tony Fernandez give me a seat !
Tomorrow I will be too sleepy to carry on a conversation with Uma the District Chairman of the Inner Wheel Club , who is here on a visit. Oh well! Our club president can have that honour. Uma might be a tad confused after that but she will survive.
Tomorrow morning we are to be at the airport at 10.30 am to welcome her to Sandakan. then to the hotel followed by lunch. This is going to be an eating visit. Both the guest and the host will be expanding side ways.
Tell you more after her visit.
Tomorrow I will be too sleepy to carry on a conversation with Uma the District Chairman of the Inner Wheel Club , who is here on a visit. Oh well! Our club president can have that honour. Uma might be a tad confused after that but she will survive.
Tomorrow morning we are to be at the airport at 10.30 am to welcome her to Sandakan. then to the hotel followed by lunch. This is going to be an eating visit. Both the guest and the host will be expanding side ways.
Tell you more after her visit.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
OMG
What on earth is happening here? Two more suicides by hanging ! Guess its becoming fashionable ! There are other less dramatic way to get into the headlines.Heard its all to do with $$$$$$. What else is new ? They gamble and then owe and then pay....with their lives, leaving behind the grieving widow , kids and shocked family members. Why?
Why indeed? Who knows? A lot of 'maybe' and 'if only' . Well, what ever the reason it wont bring the dearly departed back.
We have more important issues to content with, like the spread of H1N1 slowly but surely into the schools. The current frying hot weather, the typhoons in the NE of the globe and the TBH video. Everything will go on in the news except the last one which will die a natural death like everything else that happens at the top.
Life is a blast if you are not involved in all of the above. Humans have a short memory. Like the pain we experienced at child birth. I remember saying ...never again... in between huffing and puffing in the labour room, listening to the doctor's voice saying 'push now',...all I could think of was , you push , I just want to get out of here and be in Hawaii. Guess what? A few years down the road I was in there again, screaming bloody murder in between contractions, and yet again for the third time...twice in 6 minutes. See what short memories we have of pain, sleepless nights, soiled diapers and puke ! To think that I even volunteered to do it for the forth time. Fortunately, the financial logistics of good parenting put a stop to that.
Now the pain is not so bad but it lasts the whole day...pain in the back, pain in the knees, pain in the shoulders, blurry eyes, receding hairline, greying hair, flatulence, heartburn and arthritis . OMG !!!!
Well, as long as you are still breathing using your own lungs and not through a ventilator, walking with your own legs and not stuck in bed and eating through your own mouth and not through a tube, seeing with your own eyes and not with your fingers, hearing noisy neighbours yelling and not complete silence , life is a still a blast, enjoy every moment as " yesterday was history, tomorrow is a mystery and TODAY is a gift, that is why its called THE PRESENT "
Why indeed? Who knows? A lot of 'maybe' and 'if only' . Well, what ever the reason it wont bring the dearly departed back.
We have more important issues to content with, like the spread of H1N1 slowly but surely into the schools. The current frying hot weather, the typhoons in the NE of the globe and the TBH video. Everything will go on in the news except the last one which will die a natural death like everything else that happens at the top.
Life is a blast if you are not involved in all of the above. Humans have a short memory. Like the pain we experienced at child birth. I remember saying ...never again... in between huffing and puffing in the labour room, listening to the doctor's voice saying 'push now',...all I could think of was , you push , I just want to get out of here and be in Hawaii. Guess what? A few years down the road I was in there again, screaming bloody murder in between contractions, and yet again for the third time...twice in 6 minutes. See what short memories we have of pain, sleepless nights, soiled diapers and puke ! To think that I even volunteered to do it for the forth time. Fortunately, the financial logistics of good parenting put a stop to that.
Now the pain is not so bad but it lasts the whole day...pain in the back, pain in the knees, pain in the shoulders, blurry eyes, receding hairline, greying hair, flatulence, heartburn and arthritis . OMG !!!!
Well, as long as you are still breathing using your own lungs and not through a ventilator, walking with your own legs and not stuck in bed and eating through your own mouth and not through a tube, seeing with your own eyes and not with your fingers, hearing noisy neighbours yelling and not complete silence , life is a still a blast, enjoy every moment as " yesterday was history, tomorrow is a mystery and TODAY is a gift, that is why its called THE PRESENT "
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